Coach Hoang Anh Tuan: 'I'm only satisfied with the result, I have to forget this victory right away'

Coach Hoang Anh Tuan affirmed that he was only satisfied with the 3-1 victory in the opening match of the 2024 AFC U23 Championship, when the Vietnam U23 team had a difficult first half due to psychological tension.

Coach Hoang Anh Tuan helped the U.23 Vietnam team play explosively in the second half.

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At the beginning of the press conference, coach Hoang Anh Tuan spoke frankly: "I am only satisfied with the result of today's match. Actually, when you watch the match, you will know that in the first half, the players of the U.23 Vietnam team were mentally challenged. That is why they could not show all their inherent qualities. They entered the match and played an extremely difficult match. The red card in the first half's extra time showed the climax of psychological tension. I am really not happy at all. The first thing I want to tell my players is to forget this match, focus everything mentally and spiritually on the match against the U.23 Malaysia team in 3 days". The U.23 Vietnam team had their opening match ending with a 3-1 victory over U.23 Kuwait with the opening goal by Van Tung and a double by substitute striker Bui Vi Hao - who was voted the best player of the match by AFC.

Vi Hao was congratulated by his teammates after scoring a goal.

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Coach Hoang Anh Tuan shared about the break between the two halves, where he made a bold decision to replace 3 players at once: "After the end of the first half and the break, I told my players that the opponent had nothing special, we did not play as well as we had. I told them to go back to everything we had practiced. In the second half, when all the psychological tension passed, the players of the U.23 Vietnam team played more proactively as they were capable of. Regarding Bui Vi Hao, I chose a risky solution in this match because at the end of the first half, each team had a red card. Bui Vi Hao has special qualities to handle the final situations that his teammates could not do in the first half. And we all witnessed Bui Vi Hao scoring 2 goals. Today's victory is the difference in ability between the 2 teams. Actually, I have just received the U.23 Vietnam team It's only been 10 days, so it's very difficult to make a radical change because it takes a lot of time. Perhaps from now until the end of the tournament, everyone will see the changes more clearly. For a match like this, it's impossible to say clearly how and how the U.23 Vietnam team has changed."

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